Heat or eat: Many forced to ration food and heating amid surging energy prices

It really is a case of heating - or eating - for many low income households faced with soaring energy bills set to take up more than half of their income.
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That's according to new research by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation which is calling for families to get emergency payments.
The government argues that increases in the living wage and universal credit will help.
We have talked to people queuing in freezing temperatures outside a food bank - and others who say they're already having to ration what they spend.
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[@svenkamog2232]

This is not living, it's barely existing and endlessly suffering 😔

[@Ben-jq5oo]

It’s a disgrace. The Johnson Government need to get out and visit their constituents. If the people vote them back in next time then there’s no hope.

[@laurabedford5095]

Are you also paying the Bedroom TAX , I AM

[@venom6885]

@@Ben-jq5oo becuse of Brexit Manny company get faliment no worker's cheaper from Europe unions

[@datingandlifeadvicechannel7534]

I agree

[@MrSparrow12345]

Well they haveto do something then! Work or have less!

[@satriaamiluhur622]

This makes me grateful to live in rural town in tropical country. Warm weather year round, plentiful and cheap foods, and even if our wage is low, we live surrounded by close relatives who are willing to help at anything. I still remember my uncle regularly sent baby diapers when i had my first daughter, and my cousin (a farmer) regularly gives us excess rice and beans for free. In return, i will occasionally help him in his farm during my days off at work. We may look poor from first world perspective, but we are not lacking anything

[@lizabekki5779]

I lived in UK for 8 years, I worked for the NHS. When I met my husband, I told him quality of life is way better in my country than in UK and I want us to move there. He didn't believe me at first as UK is a developed country whilst Malaysia is a developing country, so in his head how can Malaysia be better? After living and working in Malaysia for nearly 20 years, he tells me every time that he is grateful that I made him move to Malaysia.

[@gkelectrical1]

That’s all good, the only good thing about the uk is the national health service… give it a few years we may be moving abroad

[@randawagner3287]

🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@terachuu4077]

Same as me😄. Even in our recession,most difficult time and disaster, we still help each other😸. Always thankful of this precious life. I hope to have land to grow food. We will overcome this difficult times.😾

[@mobutter2879]

The sense of community you speak of..is hard to come by in Anglo countries. I’ve been blessed to travel and live in various countries.. The harshest poverty I’ve ever seen was in The UK, Ireland..America 🥲

[@Robertgriffinne]

I'm 58 and my wife and I are VERY worried about our future, gas and food prices rising daily. We have had our savings dwindle with the cost of living into the stratosphere, we are finding it impossible to replace it. We can get by, but cant seem to get ahead. My condolences to anyone retiring in this crisis, 40years nonstop just for a crooked system to take all you worked for,

[@Natalieneptune469]

I feel your pain, as a fellow retiree I’d suggest you look into passive index fund investing and learn some more. For me,I had my share of ups and downs when I first started looking for a consistent passive income so I hired an investment advisor for aid, and following her advice, I poured $130k in value stocks and digital assets,Up 200k so far and pretty sure I'm ready for whatever comes.

[@wiebeplatt4749]

I think it's especially difficult for retirees and near retirees, I know to focus on the long term but the anxiety when you're supposed to be retiring in 3years is super exhausting, I've been looking into hiring a market expert as well

[@Robertgriffinne]

@@Natalieneptune469 I've been in the red for the past couple months, lost 12k last week alone, Indubitably I've got good companies but profit is still stalling, how did you go around finding an investment-advisor, I wouldn't mind looking yours up.

[@Natalieneptune469]

@@Robertgriffinne My advisor is Nicole Ann Sabin; found her on Bloomberg where she was featured and reached out to her afterwards. You can look her up online if you care for supervision, just search her name.

[@marianparker7502]

@@Natalieneptune469 sure advisors are outperforming the market and raising good returns but some are charging fees over fees....seeing that their services are in high demand more than ever....Seems more like extortion to me.

[@charliebrandt2263]

It has been heating or eating for me in this last year. The bill for heating last year was £1400 and it took months to pay off. I cannot afford to turn on my heating on my pension. The only thing positive is that I own my home. I cannot imagine how I would survive if I had to pay rent!

[@HelenaMikas]

Question after reading how your have to make this choice . Do you plan to vote Tory after years of this going worse & worse ..Clear as can be they simply talk hot air ( shame that can't be used as heating ) No need to answer but I genuinely wonder how anyone can vote for little better than dictators who won't go with out in their life Hope things get better .

[@happycook6737]

I'm so sorry to hear that. One other lifehack I used was to run a dehumidifier just in my closed up bedroom. Less humidity made the cold seem warmer. But if you have a mold problem, closing up a room can be harmful due to reduced outside air ventilation.

[@doctorpanigrahi9975]

Use thick clothes and Ear cover inside your home. It's cheaper. The trapped heat of your body is enough to keep you warm.

[@duncanmacleod7287]

Davos agenda aims to strip us of everything, in their own words "you will own nothing and be happy", we'd be perpetually renting everything from house to car to all sorts of appliances.

[@BE-bs8oe]

@@HelenaMikas unfortunately, this doesn t hold the answer anymore, in countries with other than Tories gvmt prices rocket skyhigh. Just watch geostrategy. Everybody needs energy, come industry or households, trafic. So who has the power? And all gouvernements do everything to stay friends with providers, may they be based in Arabian deserts or on Ukrainian border...

[@mickmiah7605]

I am one of those people who donates regularly to Food Banks. Please do not feel ashamed about being seen there. My Wife and I both believe the old phrase "there but for the grace of god go I" meaning it could be us stood out there in the cold. We would hope that someone would be there for us.

[@panthera50]

Ⓐ 👊👍

[@susannaimi5337]

🥰 no shame what so ever for people using food banks, The Shame should be on the Goverment for allowing the country to come to this.. more food bank's than high street banks.. go figure 🙄

[@dianahh00tumasevica16]

Mick we need more people like you respect

[@doroparker1702]

Mick, maybe a pub would offer some good soup at a certain time from 11 to 13 o clock. It is too cold to stand outside in a queue. Maybe you could arrange some place that allows people to have a meal in a room and feel respectfully treated? In my eyes it should be the queen Elizabeth taking care of her people. The royals live in unbelievable wealth and the folks are starving? Back to times 100 years ago?

[@clairefitzpatrick7183]

Blessings to you and your family. 🙏💖

[@TheOnlyCathyCat]

The question: How long are we willing to let this continue? ...."if you tolerate this...then your children will be next..."

[@qwanathomas735]

It would all change for the better if we people stopped borrowing money from the banks, people are warranting their own enslavement.

[@balthiersgirl2658]

@@qwanathomas735 utter rubbish

[@qwanathomas735]

@@balthiersgirl2658 Let me guess, you live in a council property on benefits?

[@deniselynch1802]

Are groups organising protests yet?

[@HelloGoodbye2085]

Be kind and help your community at every opportunity. Poverty is not shameful. Our government is.

[@tvdinner325]

Boris and his friends are doing just fine.

[@elizabethbrown8833]

So well put. 🙏🥀🇬🇧

[@davideyt1242]

the uk gov wasted billions on contracts with crony entities who have connections (recent massive PPE purchase scams etc..), all of that tax payer money was literally stolen from the public tax payer and into the hands of private Billionaires with ties to the gov... all while so many people have to choose between paying their rent or buying food, let alone paying for heating in the freezing winter!! (oh and where are the "global warming" alarmists ? when we are here freezing in minus temps)

[@donaldhoult7713]

@@davideyt1242 Oh for God's sake! What is freezing in this winter? I'm about to enter my 85th year and I can easily do without heating and put it on for only one hour in am and another in pm - and this is in a draughty home. I agree with your words about taxpayer money being stolen etc.

[@davideyt1242]

@@donaldhoult7713 sure if you live in Florida, California or the middle east... sure not living in the UK, this is factually known (also was with my own parents) as you get old the mechanism in your body which keeps your body heat is crumbling and you are more prone to cold. you must have some secret if at the age of 85 you can withstand a freezing winter in a draughty home without heating. And yes demanding the citizen to pay tons of taxes, and then siphon them to private "friends of the government" is a massive crime.. some people go to jail for stealing a jar of milk from a grocery store - those criminals in gov are stealing billions every year, and for decades get away with it.

[@MOCHI-ek6rc]

People at the managerial level turned and betrayed their own by abusing employees rights and lowering income and working hours. Back in the 2000s people can work even in the retail sector and still pay their mortgage and at the same time look after their children comfortably today they are on universal credit and Brexit adding to the woes. I was shocked last year when I saw decent people, not drug addicts queuing for a plate of food. For a rich country, this is a shame.

[@fuckfannyfiddlefart]

This is an inevitability of neoliberalism Resist

[@venom6885]

@@fuckfannyfiddlefart farrages hipocrite

[@aaroncov]

People can’t sell a cup of tea or coffee. A meal forget it. Big business don’t allow anything. No one is going to donate a job. Only make you submit to their rules.

[@deenanthekemoni5567]

This Country is NOT rich, a VERY small group of Individuals who's parents parents parents were wealthy rule the entire Nation and face no public consequence for their evil and vile actions. Our government stopped protecting people from corporate Greed near the year 2000, and the world is Crumbling because of it. The #1 problem no media outlet will talk about; GREED.

[@gavloft]

@@deenanthekemoni5567 Read might is right by Ragnar redbeard get inspired and brutally destroy the rich and create a fair society. String up the aristocracy. Reclaim the land.

[@karonmcgregor4753]

If the government really want to help people avoid having to choose between heating and eating, the first thing they need to insist energy companies do is scrap the daily standing charges.

[@fractalofgod6324]

The tories simply do not care they never have

[@casteretpollux]

Nationalise them.

[@bremCZ]

@@casteretpollux All utilities prices should be controlled by the govt.

[@edwardvalivonis23]

Boris: I will make sure, you have bread on your table

[@casteretpollux]

@@edwardvalivonis23 just another lie.

[@stephenbeevers2565]

Yet Liz Truss can blow 3k on a lunch. This levelling up is a myth it will never happen.

[@buk3695]

the people you see here are the ones who voted for them to get their 3k lunch.

[@darnitproductions5945]

@@buk3695 Newcastle was Labour hold actually

[@gbjanuary]

@@buk3695 people refusing Labour just for Brexit that Tories didn’t deliver 😀

[@casteretpollux]

Truss spent £500,000 on one private plane trip to the US.

[@b62boom1]

@@casteretpollux it was to Australia, but that's irrelevant, she's disgusting.

[@independent-network.]

The system is out of control.

[@robdubz1510]

I'm asian and I think it's worse here because there's no sense of community, in poor countries people generally know when their neighbours or family have not food or essentials, Here a lot of people live alone..

[@ashotofmercury]

This is very true. ☹️ Although social media seems to bring people together, I think it actually makes us more insular.....

[@Mr.Patrick_Hung]

Also in East Asia, but live in China where it is easy to pay for the basics. Western luxuries are much more expensive. Few people live alone.

[@lindalewis5787]

Our council just spent £440,000 on led road signs while people starve I'm so angry the old road signs were just fine

[@LittleKitty22]

My local council spent far more than that on new street lights - when the old ones were far better. Meanwhile, the food banks are busier than ever...

[@lindalewis5787]

@@LittleKitty22 we got them too led very dim streets are dark my car was stolen and my house burgled because I'm end house it threw me into darkness had to install security lights and cctv

[@tiandao8503]

My city spent $500,000 on benches designed to keep homeless people from sleeping on them.

[@flyingnutrition6199]

@@tiandao8503 because that is how you handle the look of homeless you made them go some place else !! disgrace they should be fired not in the office !!!

[@petercollins7848]

Most Councils haven’t got a living clue how to spend taxpayers money wisely. Pointless signs, road markings etc, can’t fill the potholes! Supporting minority interests that only serve less than 1% of the population etc!

[@nu43j3lly]

I work full time and find myself struggling financially. Wages staying stagnant and not keeping pace with the cost of living.

[@barrett7893]

Amen to that! People pay minimum wage and they think that’s a living wage. Hardly a living wage. 💯

[@Mr.Patrick_Hung]

I cannot fathom how living on a UK minimum wage is not a living wage. What else is it supposed to be? Here in China, money can be tight, but not impossible. We are the developing country; the UK is the rich country.

[@devilmyke]

Even if your working gas and electric is too expensive anyway.

[@greyline1012]

Energy companies have made an absolute fortune during and after the pandemic. What is it? Are there profit’s not big enough? Now they tell us, “oh there hasn’t been as much wind and that’s we have to hike up the electricity bills” This is absolutely scandalous. I come from a working household and I’m certainly struggling, I dread to think what April will be like. I’m in despair. Even supermarkets made huge profits. Bringing them into the north of Ireland shouldn’t have racked up the prices that great in the supermarkets because many lorries are coming via the South which cuts through the red tape. It’s just horrifying what the government is getting away with.

[@edwardvalivonis23]

That's Brexit

[@Edith.G.G.]

Yeah the living cost in Europe is something scaring. Sorry for the story, but I was in Germany this last holiday season with my boyfriend and his family, they are middle low class, hard working people. And the electric bill is huge for their incomes, I don't remember exactly how much it was but I was shocked because in Mexico I pay literally 1 euro at month for electricity, for one person, but is ridiculously lower comparing with the cost in Europe.

[@greyline1012]

@@edwardvalivonis23 No it’s not. The whole world is feeling the hike of fuel and food costs, ie energy bills. Income tax Brexit is definitely not to blame.

[@luciaperdue5687]

@@edwardvalivonis23 Not anything to do with Brexit.

[@edwardvalivonis23]

@@greyline1012 bullshit

[@ML-jw4cd]

In New Zealand, we have extremely high cost of living in relation to wages. The country is so deluded that it means there are no suppprt systems such as free school lunches, and children are regularly without food. It's a disgrace

[@17volcanic]

True, we have no idea how cheap groceries are in the us and Europe, we still pile money into the pacific everything there's a natural disaster, free schooling nope it's a decile system depending on the area, it is so ridiculous here, I wouldn't pay tax if I had a choice, only fair tax is gst.

[@HH-wv9fm]

Also from nz. My kids get free lunches. I have a job, 2 kids and a baby. I'm also a single mum and save hundreds each payday because I make it a priority. I don't eat out, waste money, smoke, vape or drink.

[@lindaellen808]

@@HH-wv9fm No such thing in my day free lunches.

[@ericshang7744]

By December 2021, over 47 million lunches have been served in 921 schools, and the free lunches programs started 2019 according to Education NZ

[@barrett7893]

That is so shameful. We live in a corrupt capitalism system!! no longer cares for their poor!!

[@koscocosco5309]

Am from Africa.. Never knew people in the first world were suffering this much.. Very unfortunate.

[@okuomose1]

U better pass the baf news to those buffoon over there.

[@Kat-mu8wq]

The UK maybe used to be a 1st World country, it certainly isn't anymore.. It's now a 3rd world country with half decent roads and cars. There's 2 classes of people, the rich who seem to continue to get richer with their big BMW's and the poor who like these people are scraping by on the donations of others kindness.. The donated food not from those rich but by the slightly under middle class.. They have enough to get by buying food so may slip a few tins of soup in the donation box.

[@affectionatepunch]

@@Kat-mu8wq Nonsense the uk is one of the wealthiest countries in the world thats what makes this even more scandalous

[@robertdelaria3512]

It’s disgraceful what’s happening in the world today! Especially to the elderly and single Mothers

[@barrett7893]

Amen to that! People that work there entire lives and did everything right. And as they get older they have to choose between a roof over their head and having power or eating!! Shame on this corrupt System we live in!!

[@thepuzzledgoddess]

Agreed . It’s also very challenging for physically disabled people who can’t work in any capacity subsisting on 300 pounds a month at max.

[@priscillabohn4621]

I live in the USA and we are struggling with this in every state. We had to bring our heat down to 55 just to keep the propane to last, and food too, we make fillers in with the good food

[@barrett7893]

Amen to that! I also live in the United States I live in the south. And with inflation and everything else is getting harder every day. I remember growing up when 20 or $30 would buy a buggy full of groceries and Now with $30 you be lucky to get milk and bread!!

[@Maelu-op9gf]

It’s crazy right now… it’s been a rough 12 months with this inflation :( not to mention dealing with the pandemic on top of that

[@robine916]

@@barrett7893 The sad part about the groceries and fuel going up is that the energy companies and the food corporations have made record profits for the past 2 years, gave their CEO's big raises and bonuses! Their workers didn't get much of anything and we had to pay the increased costs. They are calling it inflation, but it really is corporate greed and grift!

[@Boo-pv4hn]

I’m 28 I remember having breakfast in school when it was free when it wasn’t free I went with out, teachers bought me dinner or lunch and gave me there left overs we had to go to bed in multiple layers and got water bottles as we couldn’t have the heat on often, this isn’t just a covid thing this has been going on a long time, it’s not just children it’s adults too, the media will advertise it for a short stint then it will be forgotten as it always is

[@jamespaley7139]

It's because of the privilege of of it being pumped to the door. I'v just put 600quid in my gas meter for only 40quid to go on it. Because it ant been used for three years. So if you can't put gas on . You're still paying for it, thirty pence a day I think British gas charge

[@jamespaley7139]

Biggest concern ever energy ll owend by polititions raping England. We're skint in debt pushed into debt choosing having to choose. Put me in charge of energy bid do a better job. Because I'd get those running the bills up. Believe

[@Boo-pv4hn]

@@jamespaley7139 yes we pay a standing charge just for the upkeep of our metres which I think is unacceptable it’s the property of the company therefor I think it should be them paying for its upkeep not the customer this would save us a lot but another huge issue is how poorly insulated a lot of our homes are mines 0.7 mm of insulation atm waiting to go upto almost 30mm

[@jamespaley7139]

@@Boo-pv4hn don't got it . In my property. Council. but I can tel

[@jamespaley7139]

To know for sure I'd have to probably put pilot hole in with a adapted drill bit that pulls core out.but my walls are thin. Amazing these council properties haven't been knocked down

[@JillyKins]

The lady is right, yes there is vacancies, but its actually getting someone to give you a chance let alone an interview. Universal credit does not even cover the costs of basic living, leaving people in terrible desperate situations as well as circumstances. Kindly do not say the government dos not have the money to help people like us, because they do. Also many who are on the bread line who are looking for work, find that the employers can pick and choose in a way that is unfair. I am finding most prefer younger people than someone who is 35-40+ like myself. It can be very upsetting as well as degrading.

[@chocksaway100]

There are plenty of jobs they do not want to work

[@JillyKins]

@@chocksaway100 True in the sense that there are those who do not want a job at all, but that's not everyone going through this crisis.

[@andrewley-greaves6418]

@@JillyKins Hello thank you for your reply to my comment, I agree there are those who want to work and those that will never work, and at the start of the video it states "entrenched poverty" which implies that situations regarding work on this council estate/ area have been the same during good times and bad times, people have learned what noises to make to give the impression they want work and are looking for work, of course, you will be cold if all you do all day is sit at home with the heating off.....go to work get warm at someone else's expense use their electric to make a brew, earn some money and earn your self-respect at the same time. Finding 40 hours of work per week is not hard....yes 40 hours is 5 8 hour days that may be 2 or 3 part-time jobs or possibly/eventually be 1 full time. If you apply for work with a defeated beaten look on your face and the wrong attitude no one will hire you.... of course, the next sentence that comes out of the mouth of some unemployed is generally ....I won't be any better off working than claiming benefits, what a looser attitude/statement that is the assumption is that your situation will never improve and that you will not earn more money in years to come and move up the ladder rung by rung. And please remember that Governments have no money they only have the money given to them by hard-working taxpayers...yes someone had to get up at some ungodly hour and go to work to earn the money so they can pay tax so the unemployed can complain about not getting enough benefits. And food banks if you give away free food the word will soon spread and of course, their use will increase... the more you give people for free the more they will come to rely on handouts, expect more, and value the handout less.

[@ashotofmercury]

@@andrewley-greaves6418 Tory voter detected! 🙄

[@jinankalo9386]

@@andrewley-greaves6418 You thick or what? not everyone that's struggling are on benefits, get you head out of where the sun don't shine.

[@loriar1027]

This seems to be happening all over the world. It’s much the same in the US and there’s no reason for it in this day and age.

[@changeme8035]

You are right.

[@rocker76m88]

And the rich keep getting richer🤷‍♀️

[@pramilaramsaroop3089]

@@rocker76m88 greed has made the rich have no compassion and couldn't careless a out us the plebiens, the very people whose hard work has made the rich, richer. I sense a revolution boiling???

[@rocker76m88]

@@pramilaramsaroop3089 exactly 💯

[@doctorpanigrahi9975]

UK is an island that produces only 59 percent of the foods it consumes. Rest are imported ,hence the high price. Brexit was a mistake.

[@missredumbrella]

As a kid we had no heating, not much food and at one point i remember having a safety pin holding my knickers up. I had free school meals in the holidays and wore free government clothing.

[@miagallagher6371]

I used to live in poverty in the UK in 2017. People said that I wasn't taking advantage of the opportunities around me. I really tried to get a better paying job. Anyway, I left. My foreign husband couldn't believe how happy I was to buy what food I wanted and have the heating on whenever I wanted. He kept asking 'I thought you were British?'

[@jdlc903]

Where did you go?

[@chicnoir29]

Are you in the US or Scandinavia?

[@karenohanlon4183]

Sounds like you are in Scandinavia

[@miagallagher6371]

Actually, I'm in Turkey. 😅

[@tuka24a]

I was born in a good house in Africa. Due to my disability, my mother took me to Portugal, where I had four operations to walk and was raised. Although growing up in a state house in Portugal, mum always provided me food, shelter and clothing. I finished university in Portugal and moved to England to do my master. I live a blessing life in the Uk. I have been working hard in England for the past ten years. I never claim for benefits even though I am entitled. I believe in God and I walk with Jesus and I don't lack anything. Many times I cried out of pain after standing for hours at work but God is my strength, and fulfils all my needs.

[@charlesworth5603]

I have made a conscious decision to donate to food banks each time I do my weekly shop. It’s not because I’m super rich but because I don’t have to choose between heating and eating. Like Mick I say that I could easily be in this situation and it’s true there is no shame in asking for or receiving help this is how society should work.

[@barrett7893]

Amen to that! God Bless you and God watch over you! Because you totally understand. I am an American and here in America most Americans are just one or two paychecks from living out in the street!! Our system is such a corrupt capitalize system!!

[@empty-ed]

I used to do it but I thought it went to hard up families . I watched a programme one night on tv and a couple with 2 kids , detached house , mortgage , 2 cars - were going the food bank ….. and came back with 5 full carrier bags . NEVER AGAIN . I’m not putting food inside the cupboards of these greedy people .

[@Mr.Patrick_Hung]

A developed country should not need food banks. We used to be very poor here in China, but today while not rich, everyone has a small flat and plenty of rice and vegetables. 🇨🇳 Why is life tougher and rougher in the UK than here? 🇬🇧 You are supposed to be the rich country. You send battleships around the world while we are installing solar panels.

[@MiaN3420]

For those who can't see that this situation is by design, at least consider just how much of what affects our lives is not in our hands, but the governments', to whom we pay extortionate tax, to regulate everything from what industries will flourish to basically who can or cannot work & just how much Healthcare, education & infrastructure support we'll get for our taxes... under whose control the highest costs of living are burocratically controlled, sub standard & ever increasing... Big government is a big pain in the a**... They are literally f'ing us & yet we still consent!

[@barrett7893]

Amen!! 💯

[@Tigerman303]

Yes! Thank you.

[@antoniodelgado1516]

Greed is God and Interest is the Son of God. "In God We Tru$$$t"

[@estherjohn2971]

Yes and yes! Think upon doing bartering helps us out a lot over the years!

[@MrTommyboy68]

Back in 1998 I was living in Phoenix, right on the border of Scottsdale. One Saturday, a neighbor in my apartment complex asked if I could take her and 2 of her friends to a local food bank run by a church as they didn't have a car and couldn't afford a taxi. Of course I agreed and drove them about 3 miles to the church. As they were waiting in line, I couldn't help but notice at least 12 people there sipping on their Starbucks coffees, and I was there with my 99 cent refill from Circle K. As my neighbors moved up thee line, one of the workers handed me a box and said to get in line. I politely declined, telling him I just brought some neighbors that didn't have transportation. He insisted, saying they had plenty and really was insistent that I took a box and filled it with food. I asked him "Do I look like I am going hungry?" while patting my Dunlap. He laughed and said, please take some and give it to someone who you know that could use it, so I did and I remarked about all the people that had their damn Starbucks coffee cups and me with my 99 cent refill. He just sighed and said he agreed. Also there were a LOT of newer expensive cars in the lot. So, I took what they gave me and thanked them and threw a $20.00 bill in the donations jar and went home and took a few things I could use and gave the rest to a friend who was in dire need for her kids. Fast forward to today. I am retired and consider myself VERY fortunate to have "income adjusted rent", all utilities included except inner web and I qualify for several programs to help with Medicare, prescriptions and co pays. I used my stimulus money to purchase tires and other repair parts for my car and dropped a few hundred to a local food pantry for non food items, such as toothpaste, mouthwash, soap and basic sanitary items. I also found smoking deals at my local Wally world for winter boots, knit caps, gloves and hand warmers which I dropped off. They were so happy to get these things and I try to buy extra food stuffs on sale monthly. I told them I don't have a lot, but a lot of people have LESS. I do this because I want to , NOT because I have to. they always make sure that I get a holiday basket which I use to prepare holiday meals for my fellow seniors that can't cook or go out. Things are about to get a LOT worse if Daddy Vlad invades Ukraine and as soon as we levy MORE sanctions on Daddy Vlad, he will simply CUT OFF OIL AND GAS TO EUROPE and they will lick his boots and make US out to be the bad guy. Sigh.

[@Kat-mu8wq]

The UK/Scotland has oil, but we keep selling to other countries just to buy it back at twice the price.. Its beyond stupid.

[@MrTommyboy68]

@@Kat-mu8wq Please cite your sources.

[@myaccount9498]

@MrTommyBoy68 U are incredibly kind to keep giving to the foodbanks + cooking for seniors in yr local area. Thankyou + blessings from Australia 🇦🇺 💓

[@MrTommyboy68]

@@-_a-a_- America is ANYTHING but angelic. hypocrites most of them.

[@nikkibeck4998]

American here, I find it hilarious how little practical advice there is everywhere for those that really need ways to save money. I got an energy assessment that suggested I save money by winterizing my fireplace...I couldn't afford the kindling for my non-existent fireplace! You can really see where company's priorities are

[@LittleKitty22]

There is indeed no practical advise here in the UK, all I have ever gotten has been the sort of "advise" one might give to a two year old - "keep your doors closed", "go to friends and family to stay warm" (not much use if one doesn't have friends or family), "have you checked that you are claiming all the welfare benefits you are entitled to" (none if you have no children and you work). Treating people as if they were r e t @ r d e d is the norm here, but no real help or advise.

[@nikkibeck4998]

@@LittleKitty22 yes unfortunately so true People that are fortunate enough not to need the welfare system ever like to judge those that do and never look at the inefficient systems in place that are in place to keep people locked into a cycle they can't escape and prosper. There really should be a wheening period in place once your pay increases you have at least a few months before your assistance decreases so you are able to save a little and not be dependent on welfare while working longer hours and having less resources. It's set up so you either decide to reject any advancement/raise so you can keep the benefits you need to survive or you take the opportunity and the system drops your assistance immediately and the same struggle ensues Apologies for the long rant just got in my feelings, though I've been blessed recently the struggle continues. I'm wishing you many blessings from America Edit: this was not my personal struggle, though I have had my own. I just didn't want to pass this off as first hand experience when those that go through this deserve the acknowledgement that they aren't the problem, the broken system is

[@debbieframpton3857]

My daughter put a cover across her fireplace all you need is a old blanket if that's all you have if you have a fireplace.

[@deniselynch1802]

Well done all those volunteers at foodbank!

[@Mr.Patrick_Hung]

Yes, but a rich country shouldn't need food banks.

[@eddiespagetti8395]

It's ugly worldwide. In Canada food is so expensive and fuel as well. The cost of groceries keeps going up up up. It's evil. Something is happening. Evil

[@charlottetaylor4471]

It's all very deliberate. Our governments are against us.

[@leestimis9264]

I took a huge leap financially and spent money on building up a space for a vegetable garden 2 years ago. Covered alot of grass I hated mowing any way. I can grow alot of food for the cost of seeds. Very low in dollars but high in spending time out in the garden to maintain it from pests and weeds. So worth the effort.

[@jinankalo9386]

Good for you, not everyone has a huge garden or even a small garden let alone the shitty weather.

[@sandie157]

You're blessed you have a garden and spare£ to create one.

[@Dreabee83]

You need to check which seeds you're using most are patent protected. Its actually illegal. If you don't believe me you need to look it up. Couldn't believe it!!

[@jinankalo9386]

@@Dreabee83 You buzzing?

[@Kat-mu8wq]

Unfortunately I can't eat fruit or veg, the texture of them makes me vomit.. So I live on kitkats..

[@sheshahayat5117]

Times for people to consider wealth distribution extremely seriously… We take nothing with us, why so much greed ???

[@deniselynch1802]

I totally agree! If the rich gave to the poor, the poor would spend it on what they need which would put the money back into circulation then all the shops and businesses wouldn't be closing down!

[@sheshahayat5117]

@@deniselynch1802 yes indeed… that’s what the creator wanted us to, do anyway & That’s what your heart tells you too, can’t understand why people need more than one house when some are sleeping on streets…

[@deniselynch1802]

Well its not doing any good sat in the bank is it...

[@sheshahayat5117]

@@deniselynch1802 exactly 👍🏿💚☮️🤲🏽

[@barrett7893]

Amen to that! 💯 We live in such a corrupt system! It is shameful and Disgraceful!!

[@davidlloyd3116]

My neighbours are quite well off, but use food banks as an opportunity to get free food. I’m appalled by their behaviour.

[@constancemeijer7]

They have no shame.

[@trishvernon8222]

Tell the food bank that they go to, to help those that really need it!

[@susanwhitley812]

Perhaps it would not hurt to remind your neighbours ,not in an atagonistic way, that so many children are going hungry and food banks are their only source of sustainance, and ask if they would kindly be prepared to donate food to the nearest food bank? 😉

[@happycook6737]

Sometimes people aren't what they appear to be. People can look well off but really be in heavy debt so when there is a job loss they haven't got food. Sometimes it takes a while for their lifestyle to reflect their new reality.

[@ep1929]

Don't know what country your in but here in the UK you can't just enter a food bank and start getting freebies, you have to actually be in hardship & be referred to the food bank by the local council or social services.

[@JanJan-gy7qp]

Everyone should be able to heat one room at least. I grew up with no heating in our house other than a coal fire which was only way to get hot water. Emerson on was huge no-no. We only got a bath on a Sunday. Everyone in the estate lived the same way, that’s just how it was. I remember seeing my breath inside house when you left living room. Slept in a sleeping bag inside the bed and a hoodie top. We did always have a hot meal, stovies maybe or mash and sausages. Simple cheap food and there were jobs far better jobs than today’s zero hours contracts etc.In this day and age though things are pretty bleak and come the autumn and winter it doesn’t bare thinking about.

[@SkinnyEMedia]

Absolutely tragic for a country as powerful and wealthy as Britain. Shame!

[@tvdinner325]

The entire country had turned into a service industry. They don't MAKE anything anymore. The manufacturers sold to other countries, who moved it overseas. I was never going to be a sustainable business model. Even the Gov. buy foreign vehicles, and don't support the remaining industries. Without major investment in their own industries, they will wither further.

[@martinbyrne6643]

It got its wealth by plundering the world , it’s now pay back time , it’s going to get worse , a lot worse , but saying that , it’s the little people at the bottom that will suffer. As for levelling up , that never going to happen.

[@user-yy5kt5eq5w]

Powerful? Wealthy? Ha-ha😁

[@michaelmullin3585]

@@tvdinner325 You have it exactly right. The same thing happened in the U.S. The Chinese OWN us.

[@12bigredd]

this is what happens when we have tory goverment for 12+years..... under the previous goverment we had no need for food banks.. but people still voted to erect trade barriers and lower standards and give the tories more powers.... so what can you do??? people still voting for the blue bloods

[@jamiepr1991]

People will wake up and realise soon and it will be far too late

[@the_9ent]

IKR. Pure madness.

[@francescapowell1538]

Only when it starts affecting the middle classes. That’s when the grumbling will really become louder. April, the start of the new financial year is going to be a wake up call for quite a few people. It’s not just the poor they want to keep poor, they want the middle classes to join them too.

[@alanrogers989]

Rich people managed to steal everyone's money then blame immigrants, so then poor people voted for Brexit to make the rich people even richer! Turkeys voting for Christmas springs to mind.

[@clairefitzpatrick7183]

Well off middle class Granny's living in very posh villages or in the middle of nowhere. living off there dead husbands money drinking g.t all day are part of the voters. They think people are benefit scroungers and are good for the work house.

[@SuzyEH]

Same in US. I am 72 and still working as a delivery driver for goPuff. I will die behind the wheel.

[@MA-mh1vs]

There was a man who several months back posted about a prophetic dream and in that dream multiple families were living in his home because people could not afford power and that they were rationing the power. Here it is people rationing power and going without heat just as he said but based on that dream it will get worse.

[@jmudikun]

So heartbreaking to watch a situation brought in by choices made by politicians and the electorate that chose them

[@bazle64]

Perfect time to pay reperations to Africa and Middle East 🙌

[@barrett7893]

Amen 💯

[@bazle64]

@Bend Over for genocide and murder and bombings of Muslim world by U.S white forces

[@jockwilson221]

Goverments never learn from history,,this go green scam will end in mass unrest

[@silversurfer328]

Maskao Lagos Shame on those who vote Conservative.

[@mandyellis876]

It’s not the kids I worry about, it’s the senior citizens who’ve slaved all their lives for retirement they can’t afford. It’s heartbreaking for the elderly specially.

[@kamaldeepjohal9372]

They'll get by.

[@sammylpt9076]

@Mandy Ellis Late response I know, but the elderly should be the ones who get benefit handouts. They are no longer of the age to adequately work and providing they have paid into the system they should be rewarded free money back to them. Personally I’m against benefits to the youth. Arguably I’d let properly disabled individuals (cerebral palsy, Down’s syndrome, amputees, blind, etc) keep their benefits. Then I’d also have a system in place where if you don’t have a job you get out on a form of JSA for a fixed period of time. Perhaps 6-12 months. However within this time period it’d be mandatory to learn new skills (money management) and participate in volunteer work with the social, health and environmental sectors. There shouldn’t be options for people to take benefits indefinitely. Unless of course people with money themselves wish to pay for them with their own money. Just my two cents. Wasn’t asked for, but I thought I’d say it anyway.

[@MarianaCarvalho-gu8zx]

You should worry for BOTH. There are children going hungry because of this, too.

[@anadahri3384]

It’s really worrying all the prices going up

[@muggedinmadrid]

This is heartbreaking. No one should have to face such indignities, especially in an affluent civilised and 1st world country. Well done on all those volunteers and donators and communities who organise those food banks. As humans we are connected and it's a sense of mutual service and morality that allows us to coexist . Morality has certain components , key ones being empathy and fairness. In a rampant capitalist society especially where corruption, greed and selfishness are the norm , the fundametal traits of empathy and fairness disintegrade rapidly and socia-economic classes are progressively divided. This video shows the outcomes of such societies.

[@angelachanelhuang1651]

hahahahahaha

[@Kat-mu8wq]

The UK maybe used to be a 1st World country.. It certainly isn't anymore.

[@garolstipock]

Winter stuck in ur home cold and hungry is pure misery. I can't imagine having to do that for days and weeks on end.

[@AdelTheForsaken]

Years.... Many of us have had to do this for yyyeeeaaarrrsssss!!

[@foiwambo3636]

And you will see Britain giving African countries millions of money, why can’t they eradicate this problem in their own country first. I don’t understand politics of this world. So sad.

[@derekjones2835]

Yeah, let's blame the Afticans again. No point looking at ourselves aye. Last week i almost tripped over on the street cause i was looking at my phone. I'm sure some bloke in Africa is to blame.

[@genesis1765]

Today's front bench of the government is the wealthiest ever seen.

[@misssocrates3442]

Knocks me to tears this is what wev voted for.... This is what we subject people to. And we are fine with this??? Billionaires taking tax breaks while the poorest suffer. This is not ok.

[@karenohanlon4183]

Yes the red wall listened to the nonsense about labour voted for billionaire bafoons. This is what they voted for and dare say they would do it again. It's so sad. Food banks and fuel poverty. Loan sharks and addiction. This is the powerful and rich taking all from the poor. Remember this when you get to vote again.

[@stephenwalsh4481]

People voted not Commie Corbyn sorry he lost the peoples vote he let them down!

[@karenohanlon4183]

@@stephenwalsh4481 You know Jezz is socialist not a commie. There is a difference. At least he did not take money for tennis with the wives of Russian Oligarchs. Heh heh

[@gabak1292]

@@stephenwalsh4481 Of course not! You voted for the Downingstreet Partyboys! They pay their Champagne with your tax money and you enroll at the food bank! Clever decision!

[@HelenaMikas]

There are millions of suffering people in UK and if all stood up and were counted. the ghastly government who are merely thugs would have to go .

[@Sabundy]

In the 90s when I was a teenager in South Africa I thought the UK was well off, and highly developed and a strong economy as a part of the EU single market. As well as having a generally progressive and forward thinking government with an emphasis on universal health care, and a safety net for the working class. As well as eliminating poverty. Not to mention a country proudly and fiercely independent from the US politically (as in neither facist nor simply a US vassal state), and in terms of foreign policy (the UK was smart enough to not get involved in the embarrassment that was the Vietnam war for one example). My how times have changed.....The UK looks and seems unrecognizable now to me. It seems more and more like America every day. Especially in regards to socioeconomic inequality, and a government that doesn't care. The UK pretty much just seems like an American vassal state now. Copying every bad trend and political idea from the US domestically, and constantly siding with the US on every issue even when the US is obviously wrong internationally. As well as signing up for almost every bullshit war the US now conducts. Funny how the UK government....like the US government....can always find money for bombs and wars but not for fixing it's domestic problems. Really sad what the UK has become.....

[@krazykirl1129]

As a South African expat living in the UK I couldn't agree with you more!

[@Sabundy]

@@krazykirl1129 My older brother has lived in the UK since the late 90s. He says it's literally a different country now.

[@cszrwi]

I agree the Tories have succeeded, the UK is now a toilet and a place to be avoided.

[@SoulVlogs744]

I don't know what you mean about the US politics but I highly recommend you to watch Nick Johnson on KZbin, he has been talking about the current situation in USA even the mainstream media avoid to talk about the homeless people has been suffering for a long time.

[@towaritch]

America is not and has never been fascist, you are mixing it up with WW2 Italy Japan and Germany.

[@I-am-Groot-1]

It’s an absolute embarrassment. We are the 5th richest nation on planet earth and we have more food banks that the whole of Europe put togther!

[@link77ism]

Brexit

[@harrisr1018]

Blame the Brexit bootlickers

[@markscott554]

Yes. The politicians always spout that figure, but they don't point out that the money doesn't circulate. The pound we used to spend in our high street stayed in town (at least for a while) and pinged around; now it disappears into the tax void that is Amazon, etc.

[@scottdellrobinson]

Actually, I don't think that y'all are rich anymore.

[@whisperingleaves]

correction, around 20-28 richest if basing on GDP

[@christiandiemond9595]

Much the same in the United States, so many people living day to day,just trying to survive.

[@drrobairebeckwith3687]

My pension has been reduced by about a third over the past few months despite the cost of living rising appreciably - It was derisory in the first place and no where near sufficient. In most cases we are really subsisting, not getting by and barely have enough to get by even without bothering with heating. I just wear more clothes and wrap up. The DWP seem to care little about how people manage to exist on the meagre pension many of us receive. It is shameful that after a lifetime of working hard, providing and caring for children, you must live in this way in old age

[@MrSparrow12345]

My advice to you. Make money on the side don't pay tax sell tobacco or grow something in secret,loose lips sink ships as they say. Take control and sod the law if its making you struggle. We no what to do how to do it. It's like when I was homeless I could sleep in a shop door way freez to death or, sneak onto private woodland and have a fire be warm and survive? Sometimes we got to do what we think is right

[@chicnoir29]

@@MrSparrow12345 - Very true.

[@dianecook7064]

Years ago our parents didng get all the bills like water rated massive council tax charges etc etc. No food banks but we were fed. Whats gone wrong ?

[@steven198807]

It's capitalism , all capitalism countries are doomed to eventually collapse with age. It's now aged and every thing we do no longer works. Get ready to collapse like the great Arab country's that came before us, yes that's right back hundreds of years ago they functioned just like us. Merchants always want more so they put their prices up, others match them and it has a chain effect down the line. The problem is you can keep increasing but if the buyers can't keep up they stop but the merchant can't lower your their prices without a lost. The only way to drop the cost is to go to the root aka the first chain of merchants and lower his/her prices which has a roll on affect. Governments have done this in the past and it's called war. To be fair the first signs was our parents, many was in debt but prices was still in the affordable stage but no longer the case. It's time we change and no longer depend on company's for bill X and generate it ourselves at little cost. No need for jobs but instead the need for trade off skills. A new community that helps each other out. Example a group of people work on generating electric, a group for working farms, a group for clothing , a group for doctors. It's communism and it can work , people have finally proven this with the tiny home movement. The need for more more more has ended. Once universal income becomes a thing it begins, the cost everything so we can live better life's. You will own nothing and be happy.

[@pm2886]

We became arrogant, and discarded the old ways. Thought we didn't need to live like peasants, because the Govt would save us. We did it to ourselves, IOW. No Govt can save people determined not to save themselves.

[@lee9604]

@@steven198807 that's communism

[@beltingtokra]

Even on a full-time wage, modest but decent, I will automatically be worse off next year because of NI increases. It's horrendous, prices are unrealistic, so many people will suffer, the government have to do something. Where are people meant to find the funds from to pay these bills?

[@susannaimi5337]

They should put a cap on it.. its crazy when you think the board members are taking millions home in profit and millions are gonna suffer because of it.. next thing we know it'll be "If you get vaccinated we'll drop your bill by however much %" How our goverment can let this happen is beyond me, but we are taliking about the tories 😡🙄

[@deezeed2817]

You wait until there's war this year. The world economy is gonna tank if Israel attacks Iran, Russia vs Ukraine and a Crisis involving Taiwan. If it escalates i predict a global revolution soon enough.

[@argh6666]

They may do another party in no10…

[@fallfire8878]

Ohh the government god must fix all your problems. Whatever.

[@timelwell7002]

This government are not concerned with people who don't vote for them in the first place. Only if enough core Tory voters kick up enough of a fuss will the government even *start* to consider how to help ordinary people. And even then it's only Tory Donors who have the ear of government - well this government, at any rate. You can be sure that any help offered is the absolute minimum that they can get away with paying or subsidising. For Tories, it is the party of the rich, by the rich, for the rich - only they have duped an awful lot of ordinary people into voting for them with promises which somehow never get fulfilled. If you were to ask the likes of Denise Coffey how you were supposed to pay your bills, she would either say that the government is doing all it can (which of course it isn't, never has and never will) but she would suggest that you just put in for some overtime, or look for a further part-time job. She would also suggest that you merely need to make some economies and to cut back on you hitherto lavish lifestyle. She would of course *assume* that your lifestyle is too lavish - after all, why else would anyone have problems in meeting bills? The very concept that many wages are too low is entirely outside of her frame of reference, just as it is for almost all Tory MPs.

[@varidian694]

Im earning 12.16 an hour, time and a half on overtime and even I'm feeling a punch to the gut with this huge price rise... I can't even begin to imagine how these people are feeling...

[@Kat-mu8wq]

Yep.. I'm on a disability allowance due to the severity of my mental health. I'm living on Kitkats so I can afford to feed my animals, which quite frankly are the only thing keeping me alive.

[@bigboredthing]

I'm on minimum wage, no enhancements, no kids so no UC. It's tough out there, but we're managing. 1 meal a day at most, nick the odd snack at work if I can, lights off most of the time etc. but we're fed, we have a roof and we're surviving. I'm trying to find better paid work at a different company but it's not easy right now, most work is agency or ZHC so super unstable.

[@varidian694]

@@bigboredthing I really do hope you find your self in a better position really soon my friend ❤️

[@bigboredthing]

@@varidian694 Me too. Things are looking promising though, my local hospital is doing a recruitment day for Healthcare Assistants next month; I'd rather stay in my field of learning disability care but I don't mind doing the clinical stuff and it's better paid so hopefully something will come of that 🙂

[@kamaldeepjohal9372]

@@Kat-mu8wq you do have issues

[@h3bysuzanne184]

This is so troubling. Poverty like this exists here in the US as well. My mind keeps going to Greenhouses, large community gardens… if the government is listening. I’m worried for the future as well, looking to downsize, find a small plot of land to be sustainable. Sending Love and warmth to those💜🌹🙏

[@kripaharris237]

Good luck with your plan . Simplifying and downsizing should be everyones goal

[@Mr.Patrick_Hung]

Good luck in the US. I used to live there, but have returned home to China. 🇨🇳 We used to be poor, but while not rich are well fed, employed, housed and comfortable.

[@hamstermunchies5558]

This winter has been such a struggle. I can only afford to put the heating on for an hour at a time every few days. My body is stiff and sore from spending so much time shivering in the fetal position. My flat has been so cold I've had to spend the last two weeks staying with a friend

[@James-hh1lq]

Ive purchased electric convector heaters its cheaper than wacking the central heating on .

[@beaulieuonnp593]

I have hot water bottles and I use terracotta pots and candles inside my room. I have changed my carpets to shaggy ones too.

[@hamstermunchies5558]

May I suggest getting some mylar survival blankets to trap the heat in from your hot water bottle. They are pretty cheap to get. The only trouble is they are difficult to sleep in because they rustle. When I have a hot meal I put it on my lap, put a mylar blanket over it and then my duvet. It warms me up and the meal stays hot for quite a while since the heat is trapped

[@margaretvan4909]

Hi I'm sorry you feel the cold so much. A few tips which work for me.. ..... Wear your thermal leggings, you can buy them in pairs. Mint tea is the best for heating your muscles and helps to generate heat to the major organs. Wear your long cardigan or dressing gown and thick socks. I do this every day when I'm home from work and mint tea is a real upper for the mind. Good luck. Stay safe and stay positive.

[@Mariemarie-uw7id]

Get an electric heater and close curtains to keep the heat in. I will be buying myself one for next year since I will need to have the hear on since I have a little one. Its just ridiculous how life is these days

[@aaronburge3680]

Food banks are an absolute blessing in disguise. The government shouldn't of taken money from the poorest.

[@chadimirputin2282]

Imagine ruining a country that bad there's more food banks than than actual banks 🤣 must've been that party lifestyle.

[@knasher2676]

Go live in another country & see how the poor live

[@chilldude30]

@@knasher2676 low iq response

[@chadimirputin2282]

@@knasher2676 wish I could, but I'm poor.

[@daveharris1943]

@@knasher2676 They are alot happier than we are. Fact.

[@doroparker1702]

What about the queen Elizabeth? She and her family take taxpayers money. Does she have any loss now? Will she sell some diamonds to buy fuel for her private planes? Or what about this disgraced prince Andrew? Will he work the first day in his miserable life? The royals should peel potatoes with their own hands and put a meal on the table for poor people in London.

[@trinisun]

So hard to watch this suffering. It's heartbreaking and belittling to know I can't help 💔

[@ashotofmercury]

You can help; you can donate to and/or help out a local food bank! 👌🏻🖤

[@ashleybosvik3031]

Donate seeds

[@JF-kv1gm]

I live in Italy...our gas supply mainly comes from Russia, and prices have increased steeply. Yesterday's gas bill was more than 3x compared to that of the same period last year. We had turned our boiler down and have closed radiators in half of our house and our consumption was 15% down on last year. We now have mouldy walls! We are a couple living on a pension, we'll get by, we live very simply and have some savings. What about those with families? It's heartbreaking.

[@eileenpritchard9154]

I absolutely agree with you,I live in WALES and there are so many PEOPLE living on the streets, our gas has trebled in the last few months we try to keep a few rooms warm and leave doors inside open for the air ,I find it so sad for people that have families, just so sad.🙏🙏🙏🙏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@kamaldeepjohal9372]

We are so fortunate here in the UK but people will don't see this. They want to blame the government for everything not willing to take personal responsibility.

[@kamaldeepjohal9372]

@@eileenpritchard9154 l live in Wales and l don't see people living rough.

[@eileenpritchard9154]

@@kamaldeepjohal9372 You should come to llanelli, it is very sad .😥😥😥

[@kamaldeepjohal9372]

@@eileenpritchard9154 this must be where they hang out

[@satyasyasatyasya5746]

*This is what Tories want though.* Its all going according to plan. This isn't an accident or mistake. Its social engineering; the return of Dickensian economic disparity and despair while the rich remain dripping with unchallenged despotism.

[@YA-hm5zy]

Then tell them that it's all because of immigration. Divide and conquer.

[@knasher2676]

That might win WHINE of the week 😎

[@jgnasher7048]

I think your spot on.....

[@HungryMonkey1880]

Couldn’t be more deluded. Its not about tories, all you people do is listen to the absolute cr*p that comes out of peoples mouths. Fact is, the US & UK printed money to help with furlough, this increases supply of a currency and therefore has less value. This means prices rise, this means the poor are affected the most. Its the left, i.e labour, that pushed for printing of money in the first place, you’re deluded and blinded by hatred of economic policy you do not understand. Fascist statements help nobody, biggot.

[@timelwell7002]

@@HungryMonkey1880 Your comment is not supported by any rational economic analysis. There is long-term and systemic poverty in parts of the UK which could easily be rectified by taxing multinational companies the proper amount of tax which they *should* be paying under current UK law of taxation. Companies such as GlaxoSmithKlein, Microsoft and Apple currently only pay a fraction of what they should be paying in tax. They have powerful lobby groups and Tory MPs are not above accepting 'donations' to ensure that the shareholders of these powerful and immensely rich companies only pay a token amount in tax.

[@s.maj.3747]

This is despicable

[@markholder6851]

Boris Johnson won't be struggling. No doubt he will be throwing another party, most likely at our expense

[@cindycarlson4309]

Bless you for helping the needy and their light. Keep doing great work. It is appreciated I am sure of that. Take care everyone. Stay safe and healthy ❤️

[@imjusthereforthecomments4920]

The divide between the haves and the have nots is widening rapidly. Heartbreaking that people, especially children, are hungry and cold. Our governments must do better.

[@barrett7893]

The government must do better. But also we must do better. We must start to care about other people. Even if we don’t have a lot to give. We should try to give a little to our neighbors and friends that we know need it desperately.. If we live in a world where we all care about each other and helped out could you imagine what the world would be like? What a better world we would be!! 💯

[@imjusthereforthecomments4920]

@@barrett7893 I agree but the sad truth is the government has happily made citizens dependent on their (our) largess. I believe the closer we get to whatever is going to happen the more people will be fearful and less willing to help others in need. How soon before we can’t afford to provide for ourselves with nothing left to share? Many are there already🙁

[@David_Camerwrongun]

I was made disabled Jan 2019 and was forced to live on one food Bank delivery a month for almost a year because I had to fight to prove I was disabled, this led me to incur a ton of debt when I was completely debt free before. Now receiving just enough to cover my rent and a very basic unhealthy food shop I face eviction because I cannot afford to pay any bills. Totally understand why people take their own life for the way they are treated.

[@tuka24a]

Social workers may help you with this.Contact your local council requesting support .Talk to your GP about any depressive symptoms. Look for your local soup kitchen for more food provision. If you are religious contact UCKG they will help you with your mental health perhaps quicker than your local GP.While ago I help a police officer by providing the UCKG contact as he wanted to take his own life.Now he is doing well.☺️you are not alone .🙏God is with you

[@SquirrelNutkins]

@@tuka24a so if you’re an atheist they won’t help? Great charity. 😳

[@daviniarobbins9298]

Am already paying £30 a week, £10 electric, £20 gas. I dread to think what I will be paying this time next year. I may be freezing in January 2023. Am lucky, as a carer I get slightly more than someone on unemployment benefits. I dread to think how I would cope if I only had about £75 to live on for two weeks after electric/gas.

[@chickadee317]

That's peanuts, my electricity is £135 and gas £40 so £175 pm

[@michaelmullin3585]

@@ErikamGar How much do you have to pay the drug cartels?

[@1Strawbz1]

I also dont think things are much better for the young people on mininum wage or the elderly on pensions

[@josephmalik3861]

all this while boris and his gang drink wine and eat

[@DayDay1991]

Prince is cool af tbh joe 👏👏

[@petersavage9456]

They won't be so fortunate in their next life. Karma "remembers " - and gives back what we give out.

[@jainee4507]

These people at the foodbanks party harder than anybody 😂 why do you think their so skint.

[@blackcat-mp7kh]

meanwhile uk parliament is busy discussing about problems in developing countries and partying in covid lockdown

[@gatorbyte5254]

The fact that this is happening in a first world country is…disappointing, alarming, scary and proof that it can happen to anybody.

[@gertbamse1]

It also happens in Denmark. The state earns a fortune on taxes on the high energy price, so for that they will not lower the price on heat and electricity. Heating in Denmark is a luxury.

[@barrett7893]

Amen to that! 💯

[@4tressfortified]

@@gertbamse1 So where is all the tax revenue going?

[@markhand4530]

my heart goes out to you people. i am so sorry for your struggles

[@smtwd6839]

In the meantime, dumpsters here in the US are filled with all sorts of unexpired food and usable merchandise that stores throw away. I wonder if it’s the same in the UK.

[@BE-bs8oe]

Telephone, energy, transport, food, everything has gone up so incredibly fast, work is robots ( ever thought about how automatized cashierdesks eliminated jobs) and we're at home with damp and chillblains. New way of getting warm is hot water bottles, put them in your jacket and work around your house, put them in your bed so your feet keep warm. Sorry the waterboard sends out painful bills, collect rainwater if possible. Use à special pan to boil rainwater only to fill the waterbottles, so kettle doesn't get contaminated. You can wrap thick cushion or pillowcases or tote bags around normal nonleaking glass jars or bottles, no need to buy to try it out. Courage to all.

[@mandynuttall6627]

I grew up in the 1960's with hot water bottles, will be buying them again now!

[@ricardoblikman2676]

She hits the nail there! there can be trillions of vacancies but actually getting the chance to come and speak is a whole different cup of tea for many people!

[@andrearaver1384]

I have tears in my eyes watching this

[@noellewest4347]

I've just come across this, and I'm in tears. I can't fathom this in Britain. I know poverty exists there. I'm from Southern California; we have it too. I live in Germany now, and one of my biggest fears in moving here was heating and having enough healthy food (I'm a fussy whole-food vegan). This video just put things into a whole new perspective.

[@velmabonner7212]

I left the UK last year. It's not perfect here by any means but land is cheap. We can grow our own food all year round, have our own source of water and energy, and don't have to worry about keeping warm.

[@loriar1027]

Where did you move to?

[@velmabonner7212]

@@loriar1027 Ghana. We left last year when we saw where things were leading.

[@margaretohara7250]

So, so sad. Hope and pray the world is listening. Yes, people want to help Here in USA we have many collections for food banks. Nobody should be ashamed to seek help. We live in an upside down world. (By the grace of God go I all of us). Hang in there. Blessings galore.

[@jjoyce46]

Same thing happening in the US! Rich people getting richer and living off of the misery of the poor! Prices shouldn't be rising--paychecks should!!! And there should be more jobs available!!

[@iriesugar7780]

Jobs are available. The issue is that they’re low-paid and often older people face ageism

[@lizb853]

If the damned supermarkets reduced sime of their inflated prices food wouldn't be such a problem. I'm an OAP and single, I'm on a very restricted diet and actually buy smaller amounts of food as a result. I actually eat very little compared to an average person,so you'd think that my foodbills would be minimal. No such luck. I I restock my fridge and larder every two weeks, the cost is ludicrous l,and it's simply the supermarkets making big profits and never mind whether pensioners/ sick/ disabled prices can afford them or not. OK I am lucky,and CAN afford it, but the principle if the thing makes my blood boil. NO-ONE should have to choose between eating and heating. Those are 2 fundamental rights for mankind. To be deprived of the bare necesities by crooked governments, big corporations, and greedy utility companies is a criminal offence,and these perpetrators should be treated like war criminals and taken to trial. And incase anyone asks, YES I do contribute to foodbanks and donation baskets for soup kitchens in the supermarkets.

[@michaelmullin3585]

There are millions of jobs available in the U.S. The same jobs that no-accounts quit because NoBiden pays them more on welfare. DUH! Go get a few of those jobs, partner!

[@barrett7893]

That is all over countries now and you can see that everywhere you go. Normal people going to food pantries just to eat. It is a shame that we live In A World That literally cannot buy food. Because one percent and 10% want to keep all of their money. They don’t want to share any of it even with their employees. And it’s getting worse every day. It is just as bad in the United States.. it’s a shame That people are actually choosing to pay their bills or buy groceries!!

[@stevendaly6790]

Poverty all over the country. This is realty 2022

[@redkiller2403]

The UK is not the only country with poverty

[@csharpe5787]

@@redkiller2403 Maybe not, but it's the only one when most of it is self-inflicted. What did people expect from Brexit. The naivety of the voters with just breathtaking. When Boris won the vote, he nearly crapped his pants in fear. He only back it because he fancies being prime Minister one day. Look how that worked out.

[@stevendaly6790]

@@redkiller2403 yes but I live here not other countries.

[@stevendaly6790]

@@redkiller2403 5th Ritchest country in the world. And look around.

[@karlwilliams8472]

We are loaded in Salford we don't complain💪💪💪

[@victoriakennedy4811]

it is freezing in England and other countries and it is hard to stay sane in cold weather - that is why people leave to go to other countries to have a better standard of living

[@emiliaswiadek4281]

I would say rather that houses in UK are badly insulated.

[@susanwhitley812]

One of the major failings of Parliament I think is they seem to consider the welfare of foreign countries and people well before our own. There should be no need for 2000 foodbanks, nor any need for adults and children to go without. I would argue that the more people we import, the less there is in the benefit system to provide a decent amount to live on for uk citizens. The Government would argue that the benefit system is sufficient, but if it lived up to its name there would be no signs of poverty anywhere. Disguise it and ignore it as much as they like, the problem is very real and now at unprecedented levels. My arguement is that if people have a decent amount of money to live on whilst being unemployed they are more likely to be able to maintain their health, appearance and mental health to make a quick turn around back into work. If people cannot even afford the basics, wellbeing quickly deteriorates making future employment an impossibility. Both Benefits and pensions need to substanitiatly increase to eradicate poverty.

[@ashotofmercury]

Oh dear, the Tory propaganda has worked a treat on you, eh! 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@michaelmullin3585]

Get rid of the foreigners in great Britain---the millions of Muslims and et alia. THEY are eating up your jobs and incomes and welfare money.

[@geraniaceae4470]

Same happening here in US. The price of food is outrageous.

[@melindamcclain835]

And gasoline!

[@mamaduck9370]

Why don't they just get a lovely flat and have it decorated by their taxpayers and rich mates like their PM Boris? England has returned to Dickensian conditions thanks to Tories.

[@safirahmed]

A Labour Government in 2017 or 2019 would have prevented many of the problems causing the cost of living crisis.

[@peterah7957]

I agree.... Brexit and the right wing press blinded people! Corbyn is full of empathy for the poor.

[@fuckfannyfiddlefart]

Yes but then they would have lost the culture war, and that is more important than money, APPARENTLY!!! LOL

[@dream-67]

I would love to see a Labour government right now, but we never get one when they are needed, funny that....

[@patriciakelly69]

It’s always been the same. The north has always had a difficult time for low income house holds.

[@tuka24a]

The North voted Tory, and now Tory is too busy to care about the Northern people. Have faith in God, not in the government.

[@emmanuelofori4205]

Why do some of these poor people keep voting for the tories against their own interest?

[@maryduffy2036]

Name a party that is worth voting in, same circus, just different clowns

[@earthman6700]

@@maryduffy2036 Labour have John Bercow. He's an Internationally respected Statesman. He defined what Labour stands for and vehemently wants the current shambles out. He's got integrity, decades of experience, wisdom and can Lead the UK like Churchill without the tarnish. Labour need to use their best asset. Too posh? Who cares, he can get the job done. So there could be good opposition...

[@stephencopping9953]

Because they have been brainwashed into believing socialism is a bad thing !

[@petersavage9456]

@@maryduffy2036 even of you were right, would you want the same clowns kept in power all the time??????

[@britishempireno1fan851]

@@earthman6700 Labour also have Chinese spy’s and people like the Texas Terrorist in their midst.Labour would be even worse for the U.K. than Biden has been for America.

[@daveinthephillipines7055]

And they call it progress it's something that everyone thought they would never see

[@sparkdee2192]

Not fair. This is mind blowing. We must be careful how we treat ppl.

[@ms.c7869]

It is not fair, my heart goes out to the mom.

[@arnishturnaround9622]

Foodbanks increases significantly under the conservatives guess what UK is a developed country and we have foodbanks lol.

[@Mondfischli]

... consider yourself lucky. In underdeveloped countries they'd just drop it from a truck 🤧

[@jamiepr1991]

@@Mondfischli uk will very soon be like that especially under the toxic tories

[@israelelohim4469]

The true standard of a good leader is not how he treats the ones at the top, but how he or she treats those at the bottom. 🙃

[@petercollins7848]

Some helpful advice I hope. If you have a condensing boiler that has a temperature gauge, turn the central heating control down to between 50 - 60 degrees. This will heat your home but save on efficiency and a little money. Turn off or to low radiators in rooms you are not using. Also, if your boiler allows, turn the hot water control down to around 50 - 60 degrees. LED lightbulbs save money in the long term too. Buy in bulk if you can from trade outlets like Screwfix, it will be cheaper than buying individual ones from regular shops. For Seniors, if you are physically capable, go out every day for at least a couple of hours - window shopping, a walk in the park, get a cheap coffee in a cafe, stay as long as you can and chat with the staff. ( Don’t go to the expensive rip-off ones). That will save on heating your home and improve mental health. Claim EVERY benefit you can, you have earned it, or others have and want you to be comfortable. There is no shame in claiming what you are entitled to. And please don’t be scared by reports of Energy costing the average person £3000 plus, that is the price cap that regulates the unit cost. You will only pay for what you use. The TV News announcements are deliberately scare mongering and irresponsible! I have done all these things, and it helps.

[@kellykreqeli8924]

Trust me it’s hit everywhere we are all feeling the pinch they have had an issue up north for years with wages and jobs they do need to help them

[@aquajuwel7098]

Even here in rich Norway many people are struggling now, so I can only imagine how it is in rest of Europe.

[@lisamatsell8821]

Both myself and husband work and we are worse off !!

[@johnmcleod6085]

Sad to see. So many poor decisions over many years has led to this. Can't help but think of the wealth transfer from Europe to Asia.

[@fuckfannyfiddlefart]

What about the wealth transfer to the USA, SAUDIS, RUSSIA, Ireland We are getting value for money from Asia, we AREN'T from the rest!

[@dream-67]

@@fuckfannyfiddlefart 😂

[@buk3695]

how about the wealth transferred from asia and africa to europe for centuries before?

[@johnmcleod6085]

@@buk3695 what about it?

[@Sam-tz8ou]

So what about it ?

[@tibedog5629]

The city I live in has so many job/hiring notices everywhere. I have applied to almost a hundred different places the past few years. Not a single word back.